Admission European Forestry

1. First, submit your application HERE (from 1 December 2025 to 28 February 2025)
2. Send the required documents to: david.sis@mendelu.cz (Please send them as soon as possible after you submit your application.)

Please attach:

a) A scanned copy of your passport

b) A scanned copy of your diploma (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree)

c) A scanned copy of your Transcript of Records

d) A Motivation Letter

In your letter, describe any experience in forestry or other sciences, especially if it is not shown in your transcript.

This helps us decide if you are a good fit for the European Forestry programme.

e) Your Microsoft Teams ID (for the online interview)

All documents must be translated into English.

You will be inforemed about date of online entrance examination after you submit all required documents.

The online entrace examination will take place between 1 December 2025 and 28 February 2026.

The entrance examination has two parts:

a) Online interview (We will ask about your motivation and your knowledge of forestry in Europe and in your home country.)

b) Online test (You must score at least 40 out of 100 points to pass).

You can choose between.

1. NOSTRIFICATION

The process of Recognition of foreign higher education in the Czech Republic is based on the comparison of the content of previous foreign education and the corresponding accredited study programme offered by a Czech public university. The final “Nostrification Certificate” and the “Desion on Nostrification” are legal documents with lifelong unlimited validity all over the Czech Republic.

Application for nostrification

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2. VERIFICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADMISSION

The process of Verification is connected to one specific admission procedure. During this process, the faculty/university verifies the completion of previous foreign education (university – Bachelor, Master) legally required for admission to studies at higher education institution.

Applicants to European Forestry must submit the following documents to e-mail address david.sis@mendelu.cz.

a) Application for verification of previous foreign education for the purpose of admission procedure to MENDELU

b) Bachelor diploma – officially authenticated copy (please, see below the type of authentication). Please note we do not accept provisional certificates.

c) Transcript of records – officially authenticated copy (please, see below the type of authentication). In case your type of authentication is superlegalization, the list of courses has to be just legalized by the Ministry of foreign affairs – there is no need for superlegalization by the Czech embassy of this document.

d) Copy of passport

e) Confirmation of the right to be admitted to Master study program that with your bachelor’s education, you are allowed to enter a master’s study program in your country – this can be a part of the transcript of records and should be issued by your university

All required documents must be translated into English or Czech.

For successful recognition, the regular duration of the bachelor study must be at least 6 semesters!

Please, be aware that delivered documents will not be returned to you after a nostrification process so please, submit officially authenticated copies not original documents.

After review and approval, the documents are sent to the following address:

David Sís, LDF MENDELU in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 613 00, Czech Republic

THE TYPE OF AUTHENTICATION – LIST OF COUNTRIES

1. Signing a Study contract and paying tuition fees (details of payments in the Study contract).

We do not offer installments for the tuition fee deposit, the deposit needs to be covered fully before we issue the admission documents.

You will be asked to also pay an accommodation deposit, in case you want to use the dormitories of our university. Please note the payment for the accommodation must be done to the account of the accommodation office. If you have any questions or issues regarding the dormitory, contact only their officers. IRO is a separate office and does not have access to its system.

Once the tuition fee deposit is credited to our account, admission documents are issued.

The set of admission documents consist of:

a) Admission Letter

b) Study Contract

c) Annoucement Meeting Entrance Criteria

d) Accommodation Contract (in case you are interested in staying at the university dormitory)

e) Study Confirmation

f) Nostrification Certificate (if processed via MENDELU) / Notification of Education Verification Certificate (in case you applied for our assistance)

As a full-time student, you should apply for a long-term residence permit (for the purpose of studies).

Here you can check the general requirements for visa applicants from the Ministry of Interior.

Once you submit the visa application at the Czech Embassy it might take up to 90 days before your visa is issued. Most of the time it really takes 60-90 days.